Script to input encrpyted password into htdigest (Apache)


 
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Old 01-25-2012
Script to input encrpyted password into htdigest (Apache)

Hey guys,

This is my situation.

I'm using the script to add a user account, however, i want the same details copied into the htdigest password list. the format is username:virtualservername:hashed/encrypted password.

This is the command :

sudo htdigest /etc/apache2/passwords VIRTUALSERVERNAME USERNAME

This are the exert from my script:

Code:
 
# Adding User (1st Step)
  read -p "Enter username : " username
  read -p "Enter password : " password
  egrep "^$username" /etc/passwd >/dev/null
  pass=$(perl -e 'print crypt($ARGV[0], "password")' $password)
  useradd -m -p $pass $username
  [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "User has been added to system!" || echo "Failed to add a user!"
 
# Adding webuser to apache password list
sudo htdigest /etc/apache2/passwords VIRTUALSERVERNAME $username <<-EOF
$password
$password
EOF

This doesn't work unfortunately.

I would still be asked to insert the password manually.

P/s: Removed the -s prefix for the password form as i want to see the password while typing it.
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HTDIGEST(1)                                                          htdigest                                                          HTDIGEST(1)

NAME
htdigest - manage user files for digest authentication SYNOPSIS
htdigest [ -c ] passwdfile realm username SUMMARY
htdigest is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames, realm and password for digest authentication of HTTP users. Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted to just the users listed in the files created by htdigest. This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details of the directives necessary to configure digest authentication in httpd see the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be found at http://httpd.apache.org/. OPTIONS
-c Create the passwdfile. If passwdfile already exists, it is deleted first. passwdfile Name of the file to contain the username, realm and password. If -c is given, this file is created if it does not already exist, or deleted and recreated if it does exist. realm The realm name to which the user name belongs. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-3.2.1 for more details. username The user name to create or update in passwdfile. If username does not exist is this file, an entry is added. If it does exist, the password is changed. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
This program is not safe as a setuid executable. Do not make it setuid. Apache HTTP Server 2012-07-19 HTDIGEST(1)